Penalty for killing, selling, or buying Partridges between the first of March and first of September.
Recovery and application.
For want of goods whereon to levy the fine the offender may be committed to Gaol.
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Be it Enacted by the President, Council, and Assembly, That from and after the passing of this Act, every person who shall take, kill or destroy, or who shall sell or expose for sale, or who shall buy or cause to be bought between the first day of March and the first day of September in any year, any Partridge, shall for every Partridge so taken, killed, destroyed, sold or exposed for sale, or found dead in his or her possession, forfeit the sum of ten shillings to the use of the person or persons who shall prosecute or sue for the same, to be recovered before any one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County where the offence may be committed, on the oath of one or more credible witness or witnesses, or by confession of the Party offending, and levied on the goods and chattels of the offender; and for the want of goods and chattels of such offender whereon to levy the same, it shall and may be lawful for such Justice to commit the offender to the common Gaol of the County, for the space of two days, or until the fine, together with the costs of prosecution and commitment, shall be paid. |